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You can drop in and see our helpful team at the Monash Business School Student Services Counters. They are located on each campus, or alternatively, you can receive course advice through the phone with a booking.

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FAQ for students

The faculty considers internal course transfer applications each semester, and the deadlines are very strict. As long as you meet any prerequisites for courses (e.g. Maths prerequisites for Clayton), the minimum entry scores are:

Caulfield

- Single degrees: 60% Weighted Average Mark (WAM)

- Double degrees: 65% WAM

Clayton

- Single degrees: 70% WAM

- Double degrees: 75% WAM

Please note that applications for course transfer can be very competitive, so meeting the minimum WAM does not guarantee a successful transfer.

The Faculty of Science offers a maths unit (MTH1010 – Functions and their Applications) at the Clayton campus each semester, and Caulfield Business students are pre-approved to enrol in this – speak with a course adviser and we’ll help you to enrol. This unit will let you meet the maths prerequisite for Commerce programs, and you might be able to then transfer at a later date (though you’ll still need to maintain a Weighted Average Mark of 70% or better for a single degree, or 75%+ for a double degree, and applications can be very competitive).

Most of our courses include electives – we’d encourage you to think outside the box for these. Popular options include units from the Faculty of Arts (such as languages and humanities), the Faculty of IT, and the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (particularly Psychology). If these are taught at another campus, your faculty will need to enrol you in these manually. You might even be able to choose a major or a minor like this.

The university handbook has a lot of this information. Each unit entry includes a brief synopsis and overview of the topics covered, the semesters it’s offered in, prerequisites, assessments (e.g. exams, in-semester assessments etc.), and any prerequisites, corerequisites or prohibitions. You can also find contact details for the chief examiner(s) and unit coordinator(s), and a link to the detailed unit guide.

A major is a sequence of 8 units, which will allow you to qualify in a particular field (though there may also be some additional requirements for professional recognition – your course advisers can help with this).

A minor is not a formal qualification, but is an official recognition that you have completed a sequence of 4 units in a field of study. This will usually be completed with some of your electives.

In your first year, you’ll study units from a range of disciplines, and these can help you to decide. We don’t expect everyone to know what their major will be at this early stage – try out the different options, and make a decision later based on what you’ve enjoyed.

A Capstone unit is completed in your final year of study, and ties together all of the knowledge you’ve learned up to that point, allowing you to put that knowledge into practice. General business degrees have a range of options, including standard coursework units, internships, and international experience. Specialist degrees have a prescribed capstone unit, linked to your specialisation. If you wish to study additional capstone units, this can sometimes be possible by using your electives for the extras.

Yes – we offer a range of internship units that can count toward your degree, and a lot of these are offered over summer and winter, as well as during semesters 1 and 2. You’ll need to first complete at least two years’ worth of study to be eligible for these.

Yes – Monash has a wide variety of programs geared toward offering our students an international experience. These can be short-term programs (usually over the summer or winter semesters), study tours, or even a full semester on exchange at another university – speak with a course adviser, and we can discuss the options available for you.

If you’ve not yet enrolled in units, you would apply to defer your offer. If you’ve already enrolled, or if you’ve started study, this would instead be intermission.

Domestic students are eligible for two semesters of intermission, and these don’t need to be taken together. If you need more than this, the faculty will need you to provide some supporting documentation (e.g. medical documents, letters from the Defence Force/emergency services etc.)

Possibly – we can assess credit for studies at Diploma-level or higher, as long as these studies were declared in your VTAC application. If you uploaded your results to VTAC, we will already have pre-assessed this.

FAQ – additional information on double degrees

By completing a double degree, you’ll come out with two qualifications in less time than it would take to study two single degrees. This is achieved by reducing the number of electives required for each side of the program. You’ll just need to complete the compulsory components of each degree.

This means that your elective options will be more limited, and you should think carefully about which electives to take later on in your course. If you’re looking to study on exchange, please check first with your faculty if this is possible. In many cases, any business units must be electives only, which can have an impact on your study plan while overseas. This is particularly important if you’re enrolled in a double degree encompassing multiple faculties (for example the Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Arts double degree program.)

Many of our single degrees allow students to complete a second major by carefully selecting most or all of their electives to fit into the structure of the additional major. This would allow you to complete both of your majors within a three-year course, but you’d have very few electives left (if any) to study outside of your majors.

In a double degree, you would have at least one extra year of study, and you’d do more in-depth studies toward at least one of your majors.

If your double degree is managed by the Monash Business School, we will be responsible for most of the administration and advice in your course, but you should also speak with the other faculty for course advice on the non-business side of your course.

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